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...possible recession, the end of customer service will only help it slide further into one [March 24]. Companies will make more money without needing to pay as many employees, but will that really make the world better? I'm no economist, but I feel it'll just make the rich richer and put more people out of work. Jeff Richmond, Monrovia...
...there's even a $40 bottle of water designed by a Hollywood producer and sold in a frosted-glass container affixed with Swarovski crystals. I don't know if economists use bottled water as a measure of financial well-being, but there must be a growing split between the rich and the poor. Because even as some people worry about being able to put any kind of food on the table, the sales of specialty foods are up 17% over the past two years (compared with 4% for overall food sales). "The financial situation hasn't hurt us," says Andy...
...exclusively by candlelight, the tapestry-draped main dining room is an ode to opulence: the seats are a rich red leather, the ceiling is gilded, and the walls are covered with oak panels salvaged from an old cathedral. The Secret Garden annex, meanwhile, is full of brass candlesticks and stone statues, and displays a series of painted doors that tell the story of Edinburgh's wine trade with France...
...Worst of all, China, as an ally of oil-rich Sudan, holds responsibility for the Darfur genocide by association. Its investment dollars and arms sales support the Sudanese regime, allowing it to continue its brutal war against Darfur. There must be meaningful consequences to China’s disregard for human rights...
...about the new financial aid policies, particularly for those students who want to go into public service-oriented careers but were previously financially constrained from doing so. They might report on how endowments are spent at different colleges. They might investigate the flawed arguments some politicians are leveling against rich colleges like Harvard for raising their tuition, when aid is so generous that most students don’t actually pay the sticker price (Harvard announced that it would increase tuition by 3.5 percent and financial aid by 21 percent). Finally, they might write about athletics recruiting policies...